No. 23A123

Perry Hopman v. Union Pacific Railroad

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-11
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split disability-discrimination essential-job-functions reasonable-accommodation service-animal
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability when the employee can perform the essential functions of the job with difficulty absent the accommodation, or whether the employer may deny the accommodation based on the employee's ability to perform job duties without it

Docket Entries

2023-08-14
Application (23A123) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 2, 2023.
2023-08-04
Application (23A123) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 17, 2023 to October 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Perry Hopman
John W. Griffin Jr.Marek, Griffin & Knaupp, Petitioner